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But one of the most viral commencement addresses this year was given to the Class of 2005. David Foster Wallace delivered his "This is Water" speech to Kenyon College graduates eight years ago.

But historically, one speech repeatedly makes various "Best Commencement Speeches" lists: one from late novelist David Foster Wallace, given at Kenyon College in 2005.

Koehn's gold standard is David Foster Wallace's offering at the 2005 graduation of Kenyon College. He kicks off the speech with maybe one of the most cliched of all cliches: a didactic parable.

In 2005, David Foster Wallace gave the commencement address at Kenyon College. It captures his electric mind, and also his humility – the way he elevated and made meaningful many of the lonely ...

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace delivered the commencement speech for Kenyon College, a stirring oratory that went on to be published as a short book.

The other frequently cited candidate for best graduation speech — one actually given at a college (Kenyon) by a writer (David Foster Wallace) — does something similar.

David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most widely shared and admired graduation speeches of all time. It still rewards ...

How do you turn David Foster Wallace’s just-shy-of-4000-words Kenyon commencement speech into a saleable, hardbound book? Sentence by sentence, evidently. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, ...

Not many commencement speeches survive the day they’re given. Even fewer are active well beyond the lifetime of their author. The speech that the writer David Foster Wallace gave at Kenyon ...